"tipper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪpɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: En-au-tipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: tippers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: tip + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tip|er}} tip + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tipper (plural tippers)
  1. Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-e7gTCTI4
  2. (slang) A small moustache. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Moustaches
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-gpsNLcUI Disambiguation of Moustaches: 2 54 6 1 5 16 3 13
  3. A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry. Categories (topical): Construction vehicles Synonyms (goods vehicle): dump truck, dumper truck, tipper truck, tip truck
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-Z8Cku3se Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 2 8 43 3 8 17 4 15 Disambiguation of 'goods vehicle': 2 1 54 30 2 3 7
  4. A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-LlLZ6Lix
  5. One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-D8YuwEfU Disambiguation of People: 17 23 0 0 32 10 15 3
  6. (also in plural form) A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of stock animals; a horn tipper.
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-TFvKsowf Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 2 14 8 12 41 13
  7. A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-Qfgq1jS8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bin tipper, fly-tipper, flytipper Related terms: tipping, dumpcart, dumper, tumbril
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪpɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: En-au-tipper.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} tipper
  1. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well. Categories (topical): Beer
    Sense id: en-tipper-en-noun-YsToarPC Disambiguation of Beer: 3 8 11 3 13 23 7 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 2 10 27 8 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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